STANDISH

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• STANDISH (noun)
  The noun STANDISH has 1 sense:

1. English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth Colony (1584-1656)

  Familiarity information: STANDISH used as a noun is very rare.

• STANDISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth Colony (1584-1656)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Miles Standish; Myles Standish; Standish

Instance hypernyms:

colonist; settler (a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country)

 Context examples 

“That’s all right, Standish,” was the reply.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

They were useful, pretty, or funny, a new standish on his table, a little vase for his flower, he always has one, or a bit of green in a glass, to keep him fresh, he says, and a holder for his blower, so that he needn't burn up what Amy calls 'mouchoirs'.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“But that’s no reason—” Standish began in a torrent of speech.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

"What put it into your head? Did anyone tell you about Beth's giving away her things?" asked Laurie soberly, as Amy laid a bit of red tape, with sealing wax, a taper, and a standish before him.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Even the protest of Standish arose out of the fact that he did not wish to lose his boat-puller.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

“Look here,” the hunter Standish spoke to Wolf Larsen, “that’s my boat-puller, and I don’t want to lose him.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I overheard Henderson and another of the hunters, Standish, a Californian, talking about it.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

“Somebody strike a light, my thumb’s out of joint,” said one of the men, Parsons, a swarthy, saturnine man, boat-steerer in Standish’s boat, in which Harrison was puller.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)